inunction
Americannoun
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the act of anointing.
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Medicine/Medical. the rubbing in of an oil or ointment.
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Pharmacology. an unguent.
noun
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the application of an ointment to the skin, esp by rubbing
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the ointment so used
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the act of anointing; anointment
Etymology
Origin of inunction
1595–1605; < Latin inunction- (stem of inunctiō ), equivalent to inunct ( us ) (past participle of inunguere to anoint ) + -iōn- -ion. See in- 2, unction
Example Sentences
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Pain caused by the stretching of the skin may be relieved by the inunction of the skin with cottonseed or cocoanut oil.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Anna M. (Anna Mary) Galbraith
In India it is used by inunction in rheumatism and in the Philippines locally over the stomach in indigestion and colic.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
It is stated that the free inunction of oil from the very beginning of the attack was affirmed to exert a favorable influence.12 12 See Griesinger, Virchow's Handbuch der Speciellen Pathologie und Therapie, ii.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
If badly swollen, they should be bathed, before inunction, with a decoction of elder-bark and other emollients.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
In convalescence the warm water and soap bath is to be employed, followed by dusting of the surface with starch powder or by inunction with vaseline.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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